Batt Garvey Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Batt Garvey
Irish:Parthalán Ó Gairbhith
Feet:5
Inches:9
Occupation:Primary school principal
Nickname:Batt
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Cposition:Goalkeeper
Clubs:Dingle
Geraldines
Counties:Kerry
Icposition:Left wing-forward
Icyears:1945-1950
Icapps(Points):29 (6-22)
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:1
Nfl:0
Birth Place:Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland
Death Place:Eccles Street, Dublin, Ireland
Birth Date:1921
Death Date:12 December 2002 (aged 81)

Bartholomew Garvey (1921 – 12 December 2002), known as Batt Garvey, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Dingle and Geraldines and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team.

Career

Garvey first played Gaelic football with Dingle before lining out with the Geraldines club in Dublin. He made his first appearance at inter-county level with Kerry during the 1945 Munster Championship. Garvey won four Munster Championship medals in total, however, the highlight of his brief inter-county career was the 1946 All-Ireland final replay defeat of Roscommon. He also lined out in the 1947 All-Ireland final defeat by Cavan at the Polo Grounds in New York. Garvey also won two Railway Cup medals with Munster, the second as team captain.[1] [2]

Personal life and death

Garvey was born in Ventry, County Kerry, but spent his entire adult life in Dublin where he was principal of St. Joseph's Boys' National School in Terenure. He died at the Mater Private Hospital on 12 December 2002.

Honours

Kerry

1946

1946, 1947, 1948, 1950

Munster

1948, 1949 (c)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kingdom mourns death of a great footballer. Irish Independent. 31 May 2021. 14 December 2002.
  2. Web site: In the kingdom of the quiet man. Irish Times. 31 May 2021. 19 April 1997.